Veterans cards added to valid voter ID forms

WIDER REVIEW OF VOTER ID IS NOW BEING CONDUCTED

- DAVID LYNCH, PA, NINA LLOYD, PA and KIRSTIE McCRUM

VETERANS’ ID cards will be a valid form of identification for upcoming elections, ministers have announced. THE Government is undertaking a wider review of the voter ID policy, which was introduced by the former Conservative Government, and has been tested at local elections and this summer’s general election.

Under the rules, voters have to present an acceptable form of ID to be able to cast their ballot.

These include passports, driving licences, Proof of Age Standards Scheme (Pass) cards, Blue Badges and some concessionary travel cards.

In May’s local elections, some veterans said their ex-forces ID cards were not included in the list of acceptable forms of identification, which led to an apology from then-veterans minister, former Plymouth Moor View MP Johnny Mercer.